"dry rot in her second home in Southampton. Two days later, Moran announced she would not stand at the next general election, but Rantzen said she was still considering standing herself and confirmed her candidacy on 28 July 2009. Rantzen stood for election in Luton South against eleven other candidates, of whom four were independent. At the May 2010 election, Rantzen came fourth with 4.4% of the vote, behind the three main parties. In accordance with UK parliamentary electoral process, Rantzen lost her deposit, as only candidates receiving over 5% of the total votes cast have their deposit returned. Labour"
"entered a Microsoft contest of ideas for the 18–25 age group and won £10,000 of sponsorship for her plan to engage unemployed, young people in local government, encouraging them to become councillors. In May 2011, she was herself elected to Southwark Council as councillor in the Lane ward of Peckham which she won with a swing from the Lib Dems of 12%. As a councillor, she campaigned against the proliferation of betting shops in the borough. She is an active member and supporter of several charitable, political and trade union organisations including Blackfriars Settlement, Crisis over Christmas, Headliners, Make Justice"
"elected to Parliament at the 2010 general election for Newcastle upon Tyne North, one of 19 solicitors newly elected to the House of Commons. She was elected with 40.8% of the vote, and a majority of 3,414 over her Liberal Democrat rival. In October 2010, the Labour Leader Ed Miliband appointed her to the role of Shadow Solicitor General, where she was responsible for the party's response to the News International phone hacking scandal. She raised questions about the Crown Prosecution Service's handling of the scandal, including a question to the Attorney General in the House of Commons asking why"
"revelations over her claims, but asked her to explain her actions. The then chairman, Mahmood Hussain, described her conduct as ""very questionable"". On 14 May, ""The Daily Telegraph"" reported that Moran had billed the taxpayer almost £4,000 in respect of an employment tribunal case brought by a former member of her staff. The House of Commons fees office agreed that the bill could be paid out of her staffing budget. On 18 May 2009, television presenter Esther Rantzen announced that she would stand against Moran in Luton South as an ""anti-sleaze"" candidate. Rantzen launched her campaign in July 2009, however"
"the Environmental Audit Select Committee. After May 2006 she served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to Ian Pearson, Economic Secretary in HM Treasury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. She is a member of parliamentary group EURIM. Barlow was defeated at the 2010 General Election by Conservative candidate Mike Weatherley. She was one of many UK MPs to be implicated in the 2009 Expenses Scandal, claiming more than £28,000 in expenses on her second home, then 'flipping' it and using it as her main residence. The expense claims included the cost of a whirlpool"
"Broadcasting, and was responsible for bringing in the popular free television licences for the over 75s. During her time as Minister for Tourism, rural tourism lost £100m a week at the height of the foot and mount crisis. At the conclusion of the foot and mouth crisis, Anderson returned to the back benches following the 2001 General Election. She subsequently served on the Home Affairs Select Committee, before becoming a member of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee and the House of Commons Administration Committee. She was also on the Chairmen's Panel Committee. She was defeated in the 2010"
"Party candidate by over 600 votes. At the 2010 general election she unsuccessfully stood in the Caerphilly constituency, a safe Labour seat, coming second to Wayne David, the defending sitting MP. She had been shortlisted for the position of Conservative Party candidate for Gosport in the previous year and received criticism from local political rivals for both campaigns on the grounds that her focus should be on her council work in Brighton. For several years, she held the role of Deputy Regional Chairman for the South East Conservatives and was a Co-ordinator in the NO2AV campaign in the 2011 AV"
"served as the MP for the seat since 1994. A challenge from the British National Party in 2005 saw the Labour vote reduced by over 13% at the 2001 general election. The BNP, with 16.9% of the vote, out-polled the Liberal Democrats for third place and were 27 votes behind the Conservatives. At 7.4%, the seat has the 21st highest proportion of unemployed people amongst constituencies in England and Wales, according to 2011 UK Census data. It has the third-highest proportion of people from Africa. One in six identifies as Asian/Asian British. In 2010, Labour won with 54.3% of the"
"Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Pensions Reform, Stephen Timms. In 2007 she left this role to become an assistant Government Whip. She took on the additional role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools in the reshuffle of June 2009. During the scandal of MPs' expenses it was revealed that Johnson had claimed £987 in architects fees for her second home, which she voluntarily repaid, and had a £563 claim for crockery rejected as ""excessive"" In the 2010 general election Johnson polled 39.2% of the vote and held onto the Hull North constituency for Labour"
"no longer being a member of the House of Commons, Adams along with 13 other MPs was the subject of a court case over the release of information into parliamentary expenses. As a result of the widespread expenses scandal within parliament, she was ultimately asked pay over £50,000 which she initially refused to do. Adams is not noted for being an active member of the House of Lords, and attracted criticism for claiming expenses despite having only made a single contribution, her maiden speech, between May 2005 and October 2010. She currently lives in a converted mill in Paisley. Irene"
"after the 2009 European Elections in early June 2009. In May 2009, ""The Daily Telegraph"" obtained unedited details of all MPs' expenses, including address details which showed the practice of ""flipping"", that is, changing the registered main address for various tax and expense purposes. The disclosures led to several MP's resignations and a national scandal. On 23 February 2010 BBC Four showed a dramatised account about Heather Brooke's campaign for disclosure of MPs' expenses, titled ""On Expenses"". The role of Heather Brooke was played by Anna Maxwell Martin. Brooke still serves as a visiting professor in the journalism department of"
"she lost her deposit in the 2010 general election. On 28 May 2009, Moran announced that she would not stand at the forthcoming general election, citing the ""bruising effect upon my friends, my family and my health."" Moran also said ""The House of Commons fees office gave me incorrect advice upon which I acted. They have now apologised."" Subsequently, she was barred from standing in the next general election by a disciplinary panel of the Labour Party. In November 2009, Moran's local newspaper, ""Luton & Dunstable Express"", launched a ""Get Moran Out Now"" campaign on its front page. It called"
"in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2011 In November 2011 she was appointed Chief Executive of Youth Cymru a voluntary organisation supporting youth work in Wales. She is a member of the Ministerial Advisory Board sent in to Pembrokeshire County Council by the Welsh Government to support and challenge as they improve safeguarding after damaging inspection reports. She was elected National Chair of Plaid Cymru in September 2011. In October 2014, it was announced she would be the candidate for the 2016 Assembly elections for the Llanelli constituency again. In the National Assembly for Wales election, 2016, she lost"
"do basic research first doesn't help anybody"". She came to the attention of the national media in 2008 when she was criticised by Conservative Member of the London Assembly Brian Coleman for calling 999 (the UK's emergency number) when her boiler began making noises and sparking. Coleman referred to her as a ""dizzy airhead"", Featherstone responded by calling his comments ""sexist"" and ""political"" in nature. A London Fire Brigade spokeswoman told BBC News: ""If it's obvious that there has been an ongoing problem with the boiler, then you can call a plumber. But if your boiler suddenly starts making strange"
"graduated with a degree in history. She began her career with the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS), administering benefit payments for homeless people. She then worked for the St Mungo Association, a charity that helps homeless people. She became director of the Homeless Network in London, before becoming deputy director of Shelter in 1992. At Shelter she gained a reputation as an ""ambitious, pragmatic worker who got results"" and was largely responsible for the creation in 1998 of Shelterline, the country's first 24-hour telephone helpline for homeless people. Following the 1997 election, the Labour government in December that"
"been given previously through another intermediary, solicitor John McCarthy. Another go-between used by Abrahams, Janet Dunn, who is a lifelong Conservative Party supporter and a lollipop lady by profession, has subsequently claimed that she never knowingly paid any money to the Labour Party; she had only on one occasion signed a blank cheque for Mr Abrahams for £25,000 after he had paid a similar amount into her own bank account. ""I thought it was just a bit of business"", her husband has said. However a donation of £25,000 in her name was received by the Labour Party in 2003, although"
"to vote Conservative. Mr Magill found the former leader of the council, Dame Shirley Porter and five other council officials 'jointly and severally' liable for repaying £36.1 million to the council. Mr Magill's verdict was upheld in the House of Lords in 2001. Dame Shirley Porter eventually settled in 2004, paying £12.3 million to Westminster Council. Since 1996 the Audit Commission has run the National Fraud Initiative, a UK-wide anti-fraud programme. Between 1996 and 2013 it traced £1.17 billion in fraud, including £215m in 2008-9, as more councils provided data and most recently £203m in 2012-13. On 13 August 2010,"
"of criminal and tax evasion charges, and a motion of no confidence being prepared against the Speaker. Public interest in the expenses debate led to the 14 May 2009 edition of the BBC political and current affairs television programme ""Question Time"" recording its highest viewing figures in its 30-year run, of 3.8 million, with audience members heckling guest panellist Margaret Beckett. The following week's edition on 21 May was brought forward for a special edition into the prime time slot of 9 pm BST. Nadine Dorries, a Conservative MP, criticised the ""Telegraph""'s handling, which she described as ""picking off a"
"the advice of her solicitor. Laing was cleared by the Legg Inquiry; nonetheless, she voluntarily repaid £25,000 as a ""moral gesture"". As a result of the scandal, an unsuccessful attempt was made to deselect her by her constituency party, led by the Leader of Epping Forest District Council. ""The Daily Telegraph"" subsequently published an apology for their reporting of the story. Laing is a fan of Rangers F.C., and the vice-chairman of the Westminster Parliamentary Rangers Supporters' Club. Eleanor Laing Dame Eleanor Fulton Laing, (""née"" Pritchard; born 1 February 1958) is a British Conservative politician who has represented Epping Forest"
"the seat to Oliver Colvile, who won the seat with a majority of just 1,149 votes. In parliament she was a member of the European legislation select committee from 1997 until after the 2001 General Election when she was appointed as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister of State at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Raynsford. She has been a member of the defence select committee since the 2005 General Election. As at August 2006 she had rebelled in just seven of 2,300 votes made. Her attendance record was 80%. She lives in Plymouth beside Sutton"
"organisation’s Olympic planning and audience engagement strategies. In 2008, she was made Creative Director of the Royal Opera House, a post she held until 2012. In addition to her work as a dancer, she has regularly written and lectured on the arts. In January 1996 she debated at the Oxford Union, opposing the motion 'This House Believes the National Lottery Gives Too Much Money to the Elitist Arts'. Her address was described by Lord Gowrie, her debating partner, as 'the best speech I have heard on the Arts in 30 years'. The motion was heavily defeated, a triumph which the"
"local elections, she was elected in the Loughton Broadway ward, covering part of the Debden council estate, with a majority of 123 over Labour. Her old Fairmead seat was lost heavily to the Loughton Residents Association. From 2009, she was the leader of the BNP group on the local council, but in 2012 local elections lost her seats in both the District and Town Councils. Under her leadership, the BNP has campaigned against Muslim prayer meetings in Loughton, claiming in a leaflet approved by her (the ""Epping Forest Patriot"") that the community hall used will be turned into a mosque."
"against what were claimed to be unfair bank charges gained momentum and a few small websites started to highlight the issue. Lewis was at the forefront of the media campaign to reclaim what he states are unfair and unlawful fees charged by UK banks. He presented the first mainstream television programme on how to get your money back (ITV1's ""Tonight"") and in November 2006 published a step-by-step guide, including template letters as well as regularly appearing across the media to champion the issue. His campaign suffered a major setback in November 2009 when the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom"
"of That's Media, which provides local TV programmes. In 2016, she was made an Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford. In addition to her television career, as a patron or vice-president of 55 charities, she mainly concentrates on working for children, vulnerable older people and disabled people. Much of her voluntary effort is for ChildLine as a volunteer counsellor on the helpline, and as a fund-raiser and spokesperson for children, and latterly working to set up the new helpline for isolated and vulnerable older people. ChildLine currently has 12 centres around the UK, 1,500 volunteer counsellors and answers around a"
"2015. MLA for Stratford-Kinlock (2011–present) Businesswoman, head of operations at the Dr. John M. Gillis Memorial Lodge, one of the largest private sector long-term care facilities in PEI, candidate in 2011 provincial election (Belfast-Murray River), lost to incumbent by eight votes. Former Charlottetown City Councillor (2006–2014). Voting was conducted by preferential ballot in which voters ranked their preferences. A candidate was required to win 50% + 1 of the votes cast. As no candidate achieved a majority on the first ballot, the lowest placed candidate was dropped and the second choice listed on those candidates ballots were added to the"
"front bench to defend her seat from a renewed Conservative campaign to regain Richmond. Kramer was one of the contributors to the """" (2004). Kramer was involved in a breach of electoral rules when her son made four monthly donations of £332 between December 2008 and March 2009 to her campaign while not on the electoral register. A Liberal Democrat spokeswoman said to the press Jonathan Kramer was unaware his name had fallen off the register, and that the money was paid back once the error was pointed out. Kramer rarely rebelled against Liberal Democrat policy in terms of voting."
"and BBC London Television. He was the voice of ""Family Fortunes"" from 1987 to 1999. He has also won 5 Local Radio 'Gillard Awards' Stephen Rhodes announced to the press on the afternoon of Tuesday 16 March 2010 that he had quit his radio presenter job to become an independent candidate for the Luton South parliamentary constituency in the general election, following the expenses controversies of the constituency's former MP Margaret Moran. As the BBC is a neutral broadcaster, they cannot allow any of their presenters to have any political interests that may influence listeners. He received 463 votes, 1.1%"
"of a drink problem, Gidley was one of 11 members of the front-bench team to write to Kennedy asking him to resign. Gidley chaired her party's Gender Balance Task Force, an initiative to get more women into politics. The Romsey constituency was abolished for the 2010 election, and in the new Romsey and Southampton North constituency she was defeated by the Conservative candidate Caroline Nokes, who took the new seat a majority of 4,165 votes following the expenses scandal, in which it emerged Gidley accepted a £18,700 'windfall' from her London landlord in return for an increase in her taxpayer"
"to the House of Commons in the Alternative Vote referendum in 2011. In 2010 she donated £1,000 to Caroline Lucas's campaign to become the first Green MP during the 2010 General Election campaign. Lumley was one of several celebrities who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the Green Party's Caroline Lucas at the 2015 general election. In August 2015, Lumley backed children's fairytales app ""GivingTales"" in aid of UNICEF together with other celebrities including Roger Moore, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Joan Collins, Michael Caine, David Walliams, Charlotte Rampling, Paul McKenna and Michael Ball. She has also narrated a number of audiobooks"
"the papers."" In the late 1960s, her advisers adopted a very complex scheme in an attempt to reduce her tax liability, giving rise to the leading case of ""Black Nominees Ltd v Nicol (Inspector of Taxes)"". The case was heard by Templeman J (who later became Lord Templeman), who gave judgment in favour of the Inland Revenue, ruling that the scheme was ineffective. She is also active in various causes, including animal rights, environmental protection, and the anti-nuclear power movement and is also a Patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, as well as Reprieve, and CFS/ME charity Action for ME."
"Margaret Moran Margaret Mary Moran (born 24 April 1955) is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Moran was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Luton South from the 1997 general election to 2010. In November 2012, jurors at Southwark Crown Court ruled that she had falsified her parliamentary expenses; she had been unable to stand trial because of mental health issues, but the case was nevertheless heard without her. Her fraudulent claims totalled more than £53,000, the highest amount by any politician in the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal. Moran was born in Bethnal Green, to Irish"
"Esther"" in the children's newspaper ""First News"". She appeared in the 2008 series of ITV show ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"", and was the fifth celebrity to leave the camp. She has been the face of the Accident Advice Helpline since 2003. On 26 May 2009, on Stephen Rhodes's BBC Three Counties Breakfast Show, Rantzen announced her intention to stand as an independent candidate for Parliament, if the incumbent Labour MP Margaret Moran stood for Luton South again. This statement was made against the backdrop of the Parliamentary expenses scandal and Moran's expense claims for £23,000 to eliminate"
"by the resignation of Labour MP Eric Illsley over the UK parliamentary expenses scandal. She came second to Labour's Dan Jarvis, winning 12% of the vote. She again stood for UKIP in the November 2012 Rotherham by-election triggered by the resignation of Labour MP Denis MacShane, also over the expenses scandal. She came second to Labour's Sarah Champion, winning almost 22% of the vote, at that time UKIP's best result in a by-election. During the by-election campaign a row emerged after Rotherham's Labour council removed three foster children from the care of their foster parents, which the ""Daily Telegraph"" wrongly"